My hands would look like that after a day in the field. And I’d wear a glove on the right (my digging hand). The dirt still found its way in.
Marvelous! Say, have any of you ever found a 1943 steel cent? I’m sure there are thousands out there in the ground, and I must have passed...
There are some on this page. I used to own a 4-daler piece from the Nicobar shipwreck off South Africa. I think it was dated 1750, if I remember...
I concur with the prior post. Nice coin.
The pics are shadowy but serviceable, I think. Shot this one myself, on my iPhone. Through the plastic, obviously. I’ve come a long way on the...
No, but listing them on eBay as “NGC” constitutes keyword spam, for which the seller should be reported. This is not an indictment of “RNGA”,...
Bragging rights. First one outta the gate. [ATTACH]
This is indeed the tricky thing about 1921 Peace dollars, due to the high relief.
Still some surface roughness, but getting better! That one is acceptable, for the most part. There is the matter of the rim cut. But... not bad.
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If it weren’t for the severity of that one spot, that one might have been treatable.
Very wrong. But it's still a half cent with strong details.
I jumped on the AU55 bandwagon. Didn't know I was jumping on a bandwagon at the time, but after voting, I see I am with the majority so far. 58...
Ditto. Nice details, but poor surfaces, I'm afraid. Still, it's a half cent.
My wife's a Georgia peach.
United States: copper "Hard Times" token; C.D. Peacock Jeweler, Chicago, "1837" (struck ca. 1902) [ATTACH] PCGS MS63 BN; still the sole...
It is indeed. My best dig video, though not my best finds. At least there were enough goodies to keep it interesting. Of the ten targets I dug...
Yeah, like THIS dweeb, around 21:45 in his exceptionally long video. At least he confesses to the sin. ;) [MEDIA]
Awesome! I agree about their “secret” mintmarks. They make my brain hurt.
Fun trivia! I just did add a GeoV to my collection, as it happens, but it’s a Canadian large cent.
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